New Hampshire Revised Statutes 171-B:2 – Involuntary Admission Standard
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The standard to be used by a court, physician, psychologist or psychiatrist in determining whether a person should be admitted on an involuntary basis shall be whether:
I. The person has been charged with a felony involving serious bodily injury or the use of a deadly weapon, or with aggravated felonious sexual assault (other than pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 632-A:2, I(h)) or felonious sexual assault, or with arson pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 634:1, II or III;
II. A district court, superior court, or grand jury has found that probable cause exists that the person committed a felony as set forth in paragraph I;
III. The person is determined to be not competent to stand trial;
IV. The person has an intellectual disability, as defined in the most current edition of the Diagnostic Manual-Intellectual Disability developed by the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed in association with the American Psychiatric Association; and
V. The person has a condition or behavior as a result of which the person poses a potentially serious likelihood of danger to others or a potentially serious threat of engaging in acts which would constitute arson as evidenced by a specific act or actions which may include such act or actions giving rise to the felony charge according to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:2, I.
I. The person has been charged with a felony involving serious bodily injury or the use of a deadly weapon, or with aggravated felonious sexual assault (other than pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 632-A:2, I(h)) or felonious sexual assault, or with arson pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 634:1, II or III;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 171-B:2
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
II. A district court, superior court, or grand jury has found that probable cause exists that the person committed a felony as set forth in paragraph I;
III. The person is determined to be not competent to stand trial;
IV. The person has an intellectual disability, as defined in the most current edition of the Diagnostic Manual-Intellectual Disability developed by the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed in association with the American Psychiatric Association; and
V. The person has a condition or behavior as a result of which the person poses a potentially serious likelihood of danger to others or a potentially serious threat of engaging in acts which would constitute arson as evidenced by a specific act or actions which may include such act or actions giving rise to the felony charge according to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 171-B:2, I.